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Ordered Z3 gills for my car on 1/13/03. Specified Imola Red II, 405. ETK says to specify color code and that's what you will get. I thought it would be a long shot since 405 is not, nor was it ever, a Z3 color. Except in the case of one Individual car I know of in SC. BMW sent parts guy gills pre-painted jet black. He sent them back and specified, Imola Red. BMW once again sent jet black ones. No, Imola Red. Third time, BMW sent - yep, you guessed it, jet black. Screw them, just send primer coated.

They are inbound now via UPS 3-day and I will paint in Stinkboro, WA. Hopefully the painters here will not bake them to a crisp like they like to do on the east coast.

If anyone is interested in trying Z3 gills on an M, go for it. They are not very expensive. $46.75 retail. Much cheaper than the M equivalents, and usually you can get them pre-painted. It's worth doing just to see what they look like in my opinion. If you are a curious person and like to learn about cars that is. If you are the kind of person who likes to sit around and biitch about Z4s and Satchel and the end of the world, you probably don't care.

Originally posted by elfhearse Much of a PITA to change??? Looks like a lot of broken plastic fasteners.

No, they are plastic clips that you can 'pinch' and remove quite easily without ruining them - and they are reuseable. There is one screw at the lower rear of the gill that needs to be removed and that is it - real easy.

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Originally posted by elfhearse I'm thinking about doing this too. Z3 gills look much better. Ron S. has them on his white Coupe too.
Much of a PITA to change??? Looks like a lot of broken plastic fasteners.

The clips retail for $3.00 each. Ten total.

I found this out after cutting off the ones on my '00. I managed to remove the ones on my '01 using long nose pliers.
Designed a tool to do this which made it much easier.

Richard Mix refined the design making it easier yet.
It is a shaft with no handle. I added a handle to mine using layers of shrink tubing just like a I did with my sunroof pin removal tool.

I sell the tools that Richard makes for $20.00 priority mail shipping with tracking included.